Apoica (Apoica) flavissima van der Vecht

PICKETT, KURT M. & WENZEL, JOHN W., 2007, Revision and Cladistic Analysis of the Nocturnal Social Wasp Genus, Apoica Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae, Epiponini), American Museum Novitates 3562 (1), pp. 1-32 : 23

Apoica (Apoica) flavissima van der Vecht

Apoica pallida ; Fox, 1898: 445 [partim].

Apoica flavissima van der Vecht, 1972: 736 , 739, 741, figs. 1 , 4 , 12 (holotype male, RMNH).

DISTRIBUTION: Argentina: Salta; Bolivia : Beni; Brazil : Acre, Alagoas, Amazonas , Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraiba, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, Roraima, São Paulo; Panama ; French Guiana; Guyana; Paraguay; Peru : Cuzco, Huánuco, Loreto, Madre de Dios (new record); Suriname .

MATERIAL EXAMINED: British Guiana: Confluence of Oronoque & New Rivers, ix– xii.1937, Apoica flavissima , det. J.v.d. Vecht, 1970 ( BMNH, B.M. 1938-319, 1 female); British Guiana: New River, 15– 25.11.1938, C. A. Hudson, det. Apoica , flavissima, J.v.d. Vecht, 1970 ( BMNH, B.M. 1939-370, 1 female); Peru: Loreto, Pucallpa, 11.1.1961, J. M. Schunke, ( BMNH, B.M. 1961- 641 female); Bresil: Uberaba, 1900 ( BMNH, B. M. 1942-95, 1 female); Brazil: Minas Gerais, Conceicao das Alagoas, iii.1973 ( BMNH, 2 females); BRAZIL: Pará, Santerem, Taperinha, 2d54S, 54d20W, 2 xii 1978, ( BMNH, 1 female); Brasil: Amazonas, Manaus ‘‘Res. Ducke’’ ( BMNH, 1 male); PANAMA: Porto Armullis, July 1934, F. Peek, det. Apoica , flavissima, ‘‘v.d.v.’’ (J.v.d. Vecht) ( BMNH, 1 female); Brazil: Brasilia, Ninha Cab. De Veado , 12 Oct 1982, A. Raw ( BMNH, 1 female); Brit. Guiana: Confluence of Oronoque & New Rivers, ix–xii.1937 ( BMNH, B.M. 1938-319,1 female); GUYANA: Demerara , CEIBA Biological Sta., 06d 18m N, 60d 35m W, 6 March 1997, J. H. Hunt (pers. coll. J. H. Hunt, 2 females); GUYANA: Berbice, Dubulay Ranch, 06d 21m N, 57d 60m W, 8–11 March 1997, J. H. Hunt and J. N. Seal (personal coll. J. H. Hunt, 1 female); Guyana: Essequibo Cnty, Potaro Dist., Kaieteur Falls National Park, 05d 10m N, 59d 30m W, 14 March 1997 and J. N. Seal (personal coll. J. H. Hunt, 1 female); BRAZIL: Goias, Santa Isabel , Ilha do Bacanal , Rio Araguala , VIII-12 to 22–57, Borys Malkin ( CAS, 2 females, 1 male); BRAZIL: Goias, 5 mi. E. of E. branch Rio Arguaia , between Loroti & Rio Formosa , VII–15 to 25–57, Borys Malkin ( CAS, 1 female); Peru: Madre de Dios, Rio Tambopata Reserve , 30 air km SW of Puerto Maldonado, November 1–26 1982, Edward S. Ross ( CAS, 2 females); Peru: Monson Valley , Tingo Maria , IX-23-1954, E. I. Schlinger and E. S. Ross ( CAS, 1 female); BRAZIL: Minas Gerais, Lassanoe , 9–19 Nov. 1919 , R. G. Harris, det. Apoica flavissima, J. C. Bequaert , as Apoica pallida pallens Fab. (J. M. Carpenter det. one specimen in series as A. flavissima van der Vecht. ) ( CAS, Lot 569 Sub 110, 78 females, 1 male); Suriname: Dirkshoop, 21 May 1963, J.v.d. Vecht ( RMNH, 8 females); Suriname, Sinaliwini, 9 March 1961, D.C. Geyskes ( RMNH, 1 female); Suriname, Tafelbery, 19-X-1972, G.F. Mees ( RMNH, 1 female) .

Figures

Fig. 1. Ocelli: A, Polistes fuscatus, typical (small); B, Apoica ambracarina, large. Scale bars 5 1.0 mm.

Fig. 4. Pronotal fovea: A, Apoica flavissima, shallow; B, Apoica thoracica, recessed into a pit. In A, the depression is the fovea. In B, the arrow indicates the border of the larger oval pit into which the fovea itself is recessed. Scale bars 5 1.0 mm.

Fig. 12. Parameral spine: A, Apoica albimacula, parameral spine thick and blunt; B, Apoica gelida, parameral spine thin and sharp. Both characters 22 and 23 are illustrated here only for efficiency; the different character states from the two characters do not always co-occur as in these species. Scale bars 5 1.0 mm.